Markey in DC, moms in Mass. push anti-gun violence efforts
Senator presses for funding to research gun violence
ANOTHER YEAR, another mounting tally of mass shootings, and US Sen. Ed Markey was once again standing outside the Capitol arguing for funding to study gun violence. In 1996, a rider in a federal spending bill backed by the National Rifle Association blocked federally funded research that would “advocate or promote gun control,” which Markey(...)